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A Visualization of Color Palettes Used in Star Wars
Art of the Film has created “Star Wars in One Minute: Color,” a visualization of some of the color palettes used in various scenes from…
A Commercial Parody for a Soda Pressing Kit That Gives Us Hope, But Turns Out to Be ‘Sodapressing’
The sketch comedy group The Kloons created “SodaPresser”, a clever commercial parody for a soda pressing kit that starts off with a glimmer of hope…
A Look at the Brilliant Ways Jack Nicholson Conveys and Uses Anger in His Movies
Los Angeles video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak (a.k.a. “The Nerdwriter“) has created a new video essay where he explores the brilliant ways Jack…
A Terrifying Compilation of Thrillseekers Performing Stunts at Dangerous Heights
Scoreback has created a terrifying video compilation of thrillseekers from around the world performing stunts at dangerous heights.
Dante’s Lunch, Pixar’s Animated ‘Coco’ Short Introducing Miguel’s Cute and Hungry Hairless Dog
Young Miguel Rivera’s (Anthony Gonzalez) cute and hungry hairless dog, Dante, chases down a runaway bone in Pixar‘s new animated Coco short, “Dante’s Lunch.” The…
Candy Melting and Unmelting to Classical Music
Erwin Trummer created a captivating compilation of candy melting and unmelting to classical music.
An Incredible Gripping Bionic Robot Arm Directly Inspired by the Design of an Octopus Tentacle
Festo has created the "Octopus Gripper", a flexible arm that can grab ahold of objects using the same design of the eight-armed cephalopod.
Why US Social Security Cards Have Never Been a Secure Form of Official Identification
The very knowledgeable CGP Grey explains the origins, history and uses of the US Social Security Card. Grey made note of the fact that, while…
Richard Kinda Sorta Parts Ways With Pied Piper in the Trailer for the Fourth Season of Silicon Valley
In the trailer for the fourth season of the HBO series Silicon Valley, a conflicted Richard (Thomas Middleditch) gathers up his courage to let the…
A Frustrated Carl Hardee Sr. Gets Back to Basics After Seeing What His Son Carl Jr. Did to the Place
A formidable Carl Hardee Sr. returned to his beloved restaurant to see what his son Carl Junior had done to the place.